Rail-joint.



A. NITKA.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIGATION HLBD nume. 1912.

1,079,430, v Patented Nov.25,1913.

FIG. 2 TIC/ ATTORN EYS ALBERT NITKA, 0F SOBIESKI, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Application med June s, 1912. serial No. 702,603.

To all 'whom imag concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT NITKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Sobieski, in the county of Oconto and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the primary object of my invention is the provision of simpleand :effective means, as hereinafter set forth, for connecting the confronting ends of two rails, whereby the rails cannot become displaced.

A further object of vthis invention is to provide a novel rail chair that can be secured to an ordinary wooden tie for supporting the confronting or abutting ends of rails, the chair being of a construction that permits of its easy installation.

A still further object of this invention is to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail join. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

A rail chair in accordance with this invention comprises a tie plate 1 that has the longitudinal edges thereof formed integral with angularly disposed braces 2 and these braces have the upper edges thereof formed integral with vertical parallel splice-bars 3 corresponding in length to the braces 2 and the tie plate 1. The upper edges. of the braces 2 and the splice bars 3 present angularly disposed shoulders 4;. The lower edges of the splice bars 3 extend in proximity to the base plate 1 and these splice bars coperate with the braces 2 in supporting and bracing the abutting or confronting ends of rails upon the tie plate 1. The ends of the rails are placed in the base lianges 5 of the rails engage under the splice bars 3, also under the inner edges of the braces 2. The webs 6 of the rails are cut away,

the ends of the chair and held between the splice bars 3 and the heads 7 of the rails rest upon the shoulders 4.

The longitudinal edgesV of the chair Vare as at 8 to accommodate spikes 9 that are employed for securing the chair to a tie l0. I attach considerable importance to the manner of supporting the splice bars 3 relatively to the tie plate 1, as there is suiicient flexibility in the chair to insure an equal distribution of the stresses and strains to which a section of track is subjected by rolling stock.

What I claim is A rail joint comprising a rail chair plate having the longitudinal marginal portions of its upper face provided with vertically disposed longitudinally extending thick flanges adapted to abut against the longitudinal edges of the bases of rails, longitudinally extending solid braces formed integral with and of greater thickness than said flanges, projecting inwardly with respect to these latter and adapted to overlap the bases of the rails, saidbraces extending upwardly and inwardly at an inclination and terminating in inwardly extending downwardly inclined portions adapted Y to engage the lower faces of the heads of the rails, the upper portion of the inner face of each of said braces extending at a greater inclination than the lower portion of the inner face, depending formed integral with the inner termini of said inwardly. extending inclined portions and engaging the webs and bases of the rails, said braces having their outer face formed with pockets, said flanges having openings communicating with the bottoms of said pockets, and spikes extending through said pockets and openings and having their heads engaging the bottoms of the pockets.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT N ITKA.

Witnesses THOMAS J AGHIMIAK, VINCENT SzozEPANsKL Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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